Study questions widespread use of C-reactive protein test to assess cardiovascular risk
...and women and found that CRP appears to be tightly linked to traditional risk factors for heart disease rather than being an independent risk factor. The study is published in the October 10, 2005, Archives of Internal Medicine. C-reactive protein (CRP) is released by the liver in respo...Midlife obesity may be associated with risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
... and is related to vascular diseases, which may be linked to dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to background information in the article. However, the link between obesity and dementia risk has not been extensively studied and long-term follow-up studies performed thus far have yielded somewha...Hodgkin disease survivors face higher risk for stroke later in life
...atric outpatients with cancer, little research had linked strokes later in life to cancer. Testing that hypothesis on all survivors of childhood cancer was too impractical, so the UT Southwestern research team narrowed the field to survivors of Hodgkin disease, a type of lymphoma that's the second-most comm...Moderate alcohol consumption can act as a 'blood thinner'
...intake of three to six drinks per week or more was linked to lower levels of stickiness measured by aggregab...ong the men, we also found that alcohol intake was linked to lower levels of platelet activation. Together, these findings identify moderate drinking as a p...Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment seem to work best together
...g skills, and better social functioning, which are linked to better alcohol-related outcomes." Moos and his colleague(s) wanted to further examine the even longer-term outcomes of AA and treatment, and how they might interact with one another. "In the current study, we wanted to find out whether individual...Heredity plays big role in heart disease risk factors
...thnicity and Disease, looked at a handful of genes linked to obesity and implicated in lipid metabolism in m...e tied to puberty. Also, a variant of TNF gene was linked to a lower HDL in men. "Women are known to have higher HDL levels than men," Dr. Davis says. "This g...'Big picture' of brain changes may be crucial to recovery from stroke injury
...ely 90 percent of all cases of spatial neglect are linked to right-brain injuries and lead to difficulty paying attention to the left side; however, the condition can also result from left-brain injury and undermine right-side attention. Clinicians who treat patients with stroke and other traumatic brain i...Cannabis smoke is less likely to cause cancer than tobacco smoke
... a class C drug in the UK and the USA. It has been linked to an increased risk of psychosis and schizophrenia, in a small group of vulnerable individuals. But there is increasing evidence that the drug has significant medicinal uses and can greatly improve the lives of patients suffering from a wide range o...No single strategy effective to control antibiotic prescribing in hospitals
..., so the best resistance-reduction strategy may be linked to each facility's prescribing problems and goals. In the Cochrane review, most of the interventions studied fell into one of two strategy groups: "persuasive" or "restrictive." Persuasive interventions included education meetings and verbal reminder...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, Issue 4
... as well as a low sense of self-esteem. It is also linked to depression, substance abuse and may develop into adult anxiety, major depression and attempts at committing suicide. Since the mid 1990s a number of groups have started to use cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to help children and adolescents with...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center finds possible genetic link to pancreatic cancer
... gene that carries cystic fibrosis may be directly linked to a higher risk for pancreatic cancer. From October 2000 to April 2004, pancreatic cancer patients seen at Mayo Clinic were recruited for the study -- 75 percent of all new patients registered. The pilot study reviewed 33 patients from 41 to 81 ye...Retiring early is not linked to longer life
Retiring early is not linked to longer life, finds new research published online by the BMJ today. There is a widespread perception that early retirement is associated with longer life expectancy and later retirement is associated with early death. But no consensus has been reac...Testosterone therapy improves sexual function in post-menopausal women
...ed hair growth; none were significant enough to be linked definitively to the addition of testosterone to hormone replacement therapy. In the United States, about 37.5 million women ages 40 to 49 are reaching or currently at menopause, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Menopause ...Neural development protein disproved as marker for schizophrenia
...a genetic variation within the Oct-6 gene has been linked to a subset of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; therefore, Oct-6 seemed like a good candidate for a biological marker for these disorders. Ubhi and Price extended Price's original study to include patients with bipolar disorder and m...Couples share sexual problems and solutions
...he untreated woman) were found to be significantly linked to the physiological changes in sexual function of the other member of the couple (the treated man with ED). There are limited studies in medical literature where a physiological function of one individual not receiving treatment is improved when an...Preventing pneumonia in children helps prevent pneumonia in older adults
...ia among older adults has decreased substantially, linked to the introduction of a pneumonia vaccine for children in 2000, according to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) was licensed for use in infants and young children in March 2000, according to backgroun...Diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix
...depression among people with diabetes are strongly linked with increased mortality. "Depression may be associated with increased mortality in patients with diabetes because of both behavioral and biologic factors," the researchers noted in their article. More work, they added, is needed to untangle the ca...Avoiding the 'Desperate Housewive's' syndrome
...trual experiences such as anger and depression are linked with self-silencing, self-policing, and self-blame; where ideas of 'normal' and 'abnormal' behaviour are internalised and used to judge worth and value. Any deviations from so-called 'normal' behaviour are seen as failure, and something to be avoided...Study reveals hormone can reduce food intake, body weight
...n obesity epidemic. This health crisis can also be linked a variety of associated disorders, including skyrocketing diabetes rates and heightened heart and stroke risks. Clearly, by attacking the obesity issue, we may be able to prevent many other life-ending illnesses."...... In fact, the authors suggest that abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size. The study involved 1,247 US women who aborted or delivered an unwanted first pregnancy between 1970 and 1992. The women were interviewed over several year...